Tim Wakefield

Positions: Starting Pitcher and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: August 2, 1966 in Melbourne, FL us

Died: October 1, 2023 in Hingham, MA

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 8th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft.

High School: Eau Gallie HS (Melbourne, FL)

School: Florida Institute of Technology (Melbourne, FL)

Last Game: September 25, 2011 (Age 45-054d)
vs. NYY 4.0 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 5 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1992 season

Agents: Barry Meister, Bill Moore

Full Name: Timothy Stephen Wakefield

Twitter: @TimWakefield49

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

34.4

200

180

ERA

4.41

627

463

3226.1

2156

WHIP

1.350

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1989	22	0.8	Welland	NYPL	A-	PIT	1	1	.500	3.40	3.86	18	1	11	0	0	2	39.2	30	17	15	1	21	0	42	2	0	9		1.286	6.8	0.2	4.8	9.5	2.00
1990	23	0.4	Salem	CARL	A+	PIT	10	14	.417	4.73	5.15	28	28	0	2	0	0	190.1	187	109	100	24	85	2	127	10	0	11		1.429	8.8	1.1	4.0	6.0	1.49
1991	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	PIT	15	9	.625	3.12	3.55	27	26	1	8	1	0	187.2	163	74	65	16	52	6	124	9	1	2	764	1.146	7.8	0.8	2.5	5.9	2.38
1991	24	-2.4	Buffalo	AA	AAA	PIT	0	1	.000	11.57	11.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	8	6	6	3	1	0	4	0	0	0	23	1.929	15.4	5.8	1.9	7.7	4.00
1991	24	0.3	Carolina	SOUL	AA	PIT	15	8	.652	2.90	3.34	26	25	1	8	1	0	183.0	155	68	59	13	51	6	120	9	1	2	741	1.126	7.6	0.6	2.5	5.9	2.35
1992	25	-1.5	Buffalo	AA	AAA	PIT	10	3	.769	3.06	3.46	20	20	0	6	1	0	135.1	122	52	46	10	51	1	71	3	0	9	559	1.278	8.1	0.7	3.4	4.7	1.39
1992	25	-3.3	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	8	1	.889	2.15	2.54	13	13	0	4	1	0	92.0	76	26	22	3	35	1	51	1	1	3	373	1.207	7.4	0.3	3.4	5.0	1.46
1993	26	2.0	Carolina	SOUL	AA	PIT	3	5	.375	6.99	7.62	9	9	0	1	0	0	56.2	68	48	44	5	22	0	36	5	0	3	265	1.588	10.8	0.8	3.5	5.7	1.64
1993	26	-2.2	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	6	11	.353	5.61	5.82	24	20	1	3	2	0	128.1	145	83	80	14	75	2	59	9	0	6	595	1.714	10.2	1.0	5.3	4.1	0.79
1994	27	0.6	Buffalo	AA	AAA	PIT	5	15	.250	5.84	6.51	30	29	0	4	1	0	175.2	197	127	114	27	98	0	83	23	0	16	824	1.679	10.1	1.4	5.0	4.3	0.85
1995	28	1.5	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	2	1	.667	2.52	3.60	4	4	0	0	0	0	25.0	23	10	7	1	9	0	14	4	0	0	105	1.280	8.3	0.4	3.2	5.0	1.56
1995	28	-0.8	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	16	8	.667	2.95	3.50	27	27	0	6	1	0	195.1	163	76	64	22	68	0	119	9	0	11	804	1.183	7.5	1.0	3.1	5.5	1.75
1996	29	0.7	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	14	13	.519	5.14	6.42	32	32	0	6	0	0	211.2	238	151	121	38	90	0	140	12	1	4	963	1.550	10.1	1.6	3.8	6.0	1.56
1997	30	1.2	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	12	15	.444	4.25	4.87	35	29	2	4	2	0	201.1	193	109	95	24	87	5	151	16	0	6	866	1.391	8.6	1.1	3.9	6.8	1.74
1998	31	1.7	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	17	8	.680	4.58	5.13	36	33	1	2	0	0	216.0	211	123	110	30	79	1	146	14	1	6	939	1.343	8.8	1.3	3.3	6.1	1.85
1999	32	2.8	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	6	11	.353	5.08	5.98	49	17	28	0	0	15	140.0	146	93	79	19	72	2	104	5	0	1	635	1.557	9.4	1.2	4.6	6.7	1.44
2000	33	4.1	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	6	10	.375	5.48	6.04	51	17	13	0	0	0	159.1	170	107	97	31	65	3	102	4	0	4	706	1.475	9.6	1.8	3.7	5.8	1.57
2001	34	5.5	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	9	12	.429	3.90	4.48	45	17	5	0	0	3	168.2	156	84	73	13	73	5	148	18	1	5	732	1.358	8.3	0.7	3.9	7.9	2.03
2002	35	6.3	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	11	5	.688	2.81	3.14	45	15	10	0	0	3	163.1	121	57	51	15	51	2	134	9	2	5	657	1.053	6.7	0.8	2.8	7.4	2.63
2003	36	7.4	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	11	7	.611	4.09	4.71	35	33	2	0	0	1	202.1	193	106	92	23	71	0	169	12	0	8	872	1.305	8.6	1.0	3.2	7.5	2.38
2004	37	8.0	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	12	10	.545	4.87	5.78	32	30	0	0	0	0	188.1	197	121	102	29	63	3	116	16	0	9	831	1.381	9.4	1.4	3.0	5.5	1.84
2005	38	8.8	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	16	12	.571	4.15	4.51	33	33	0	3	0	0	225.1	210	113	104	35	68	4	151	11	0	8	943	1.234	8.4	1.4	2.7	6.0	2.22
2006	39	10.6	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	7	11	.389	4.63	5.14	23	23	0	1	0	0	140.0	135	80	72	19	51	0	90	10	0	6	610	1.329	8.7	1.2	3.3	5.8	1.76
2007	40	11.6	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	17	12	.586	4.76	4.95	31	31	0	0	0	0	189.0	191	104	100	22	64	1	110	4	0	10	800	1.349	9.1	1.0	3.0	5.2	1.72
2008	41	12.7	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	10	11	.476	4.13	4.43	30	30	0	1	0	0	181.0	154	89	83	25	60	0	117	13	0	12	754	1.182	7.7	1.2	3.0	5.8	1.95
2009	42	15.1	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	1	1	.500	2.89	2.89	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.1	5	3	3	1	2	0	7	2	1	0	37	0.750	4.8	1.0	1.9	6.8	3.50
2009	42	13.9	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	11	5	.688	4.58	4.65	21	21	0	2	0	0	129.2	137	67	66	12	50	0	72	10	0	4	572	1.442	9.5	0.8	3.5	5.0	1.44
2010	43	15.0	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	4	10	.286	5.34	5.91	32	19	10	0	0	0	140.0	153	92	83	19	36	3	84	5	1	11	610	1.350	9.8	1.2	2.3	5.4	2.33
2011	44	15.8	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	7	8	.467	5.12	6.40	33	23	6	1	0	0	154.2	163	110	88	25	47	1	93	8	1	15	677	1.358	9.5	1.5	2.7	5.4	1.98
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (19 seasons)					Majors		200	180	.526	4.41	5.00	627	463	78	33	6	22	3226.1	3152	1791	1582	418	1205	33	2156	186	8	134	13939	1.350	8.8	1.2	3.4	6.0	1.79
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		47	49	.490	4.33	4.83	138	119	12	21	3	2	819.2	795	440	394	85	340	9	504	58	2	50	2554	1.385	8.7	0.9	3.7	5.5	1.48
All Levels (23 Seasons)							247	229	.519	4.40	4.96	765	582	90	54	9	24	4046.0	3947	2231	1976	503	1545	42	2660	244	10	184	16493	1.357	8.8	1.1	3.4	5.9	1.72

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		18	21	.462	4.53	5.09	57	56	0	10	2	0	350.0	355	198	176	42	161	1	179	32	1	25	1548	1.474	9.1	1.1	4.1	4.6	1.11
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		18	13	.581	3.87	4.36	35	34	1	9	1	0	239.2	223	116	103	18	73	6	156	14	1	5	1006	1.235	8.4	0.7	2.7	5.9	2.14
A+ (1 season)					Minors		10	14	.417	4.73	5.15	28	28	0	2	0	0	190.1	187	109	100	24	85	2	127	10	0	11		1.429	8.8	1.1	4.0	6.0	1.49
A- (1 season)					Minors		1	1	.500	3.40	3.86	18	1	11	0	0	2	39.2	30	17	15	1	21	0	42	2	0	9		1.286	6.8	0.2	4.8	9.5	2.00